Policies, Procedures, and Forms Updates

Manuals

DMM Revision: Media Mail and Library Mail

Effective May 1, 2017, the Postal Service will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), section 273.5.5, to remove the text that states mailpieces not meeting the Intelligent Mail® package barcode (IMpb®) requirements will be assessed a noncompliance fee.

The Postal Service added IMpb requirements for Media Mail and Library Mail parcels in the March 6, 2017, update of the DMM. Information stating that mailpieces not meeting the IMpb requirements would be assessed a noncompliance fee was inadvertently left in the revision.

Although we will not publish this clarification in the DMM until May 1, 2017, this revision is effective immediately.

Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)

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200 Commercial Mail Letters, Cards, Flat, and Parcels

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270 Commercial Mail Media Mail and Library Mail

273 Prices and Eligibility

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5.0 Basic Eligibility Standards for Media Mail and Library Mail

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5.5 IMpb Standards

[Revise the text of 5.5 to read as follows:]

All Media Mail and Library Mail parcels, unless inducted through a retail transaction or a USPS self-service kiosk, must bear an Intelligent Mail package barcode (IMpb) prepared under 708.5.0. For details, see the PostalPro website at postalpro.usps.com.

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We will incorporate this revision into the next online update of the DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.